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Ortega regime shuts down another Catholic radio station in Nicaragua

August 24, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega / Taiwan Presidential Office (CC BY 2.0)

Denver Newsroom, Aug 24, 2022 / 17:40 pm (CNA).
Less than a week after abducting the bishop of Matagalpa and apostolic administrator of Estelí, Rolando Álvarez, the dic… […]

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Priests confront dictatorship in Nicaragua: ‘Let us work in peace!’

August 23, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua / Public Domain

Denver Newsroom, Aug 23, 2022 / 15:36 pm (CNA).
The priests of the Diocese of Estelí in Nicaragua called on the authorities of the dictatorial regime of Daniel Ortega to convert, to allow the… […]

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Faithful hold Marian procession in Nicaragua despite repression and persecution

August 23, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Faithful Catholics of the Diocese of León, Nicaragua, participate in the annual procession of the image of Our Lady of Mercy, the patroness of the diocese, Sunday, Aug. 21, 2022. / Photo courtesy of the Diocesan Shrine of Our Lady of Mercy

Denv… […]

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Police harassment forces priest to celebrate Mass outside church in Nicaragua

August 16, 2022 Catholic News Agency 0

The faithful gather for Mass behind the fence of the church as the parochial vicar celebrates Mass in the atrium of Santa Lucía Parish in Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Aug. 16, 2022. / Photo credit: Diócesis Media – Radio Stereo Santa Lucía

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Persecuted bishop in Nicaragua tells faithful to overcome evil with good

August 12, 2022 Catholic News Agency 3

Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. / Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of Matagalpa

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 12, 2022 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
The bishop of Matagalpa, Nicaragua, Rolando Álvarez, who has been kept un… […]

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Nicaragua’s Ortega regime blocks bishop from leaving diocesan offices to celebrate Mass

August 5, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Bishop José Álvarez Lagos surrounded by police officers on Aug. 4, 2022. / Diocese Media TV Merced / Diocese of Matagalpa

ACI Prensa Staff, Aug 5, 2022 / 15:11 pm (CNA).
Riot police from the Nicaraguan government blocked the bishop of Matagalpa… […]

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Ortega regime in Nicaragua violently shuts down Catholic radio stations

August 2, 2022 Catholic News Agency 5

Police arrive the night of Aug. 1 at Divine Mercy parish in the town of Sébaco in the Diocese of Matagalpa, Nicaragua. The parish broadcast live on Facebook the arrival of the police at the parish doors as well as their entry by force. / Faceboo… […]

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English Grandmother arrested for praying near abortion clinic wins religious freedom challenge

July 20, 2022 Catholic News Agency 1

Rose Lalor with her rosary in Liverpool, England. / ADF International

Liverpool, England, Jul 20, 2022 / 01:11 am (CNA).
A 76 year-old English grandmother who was fined for praying near to an abortion clinic has successfully overturned her fina… […]

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A day of vindication for parents and religious freedom

July 2, 2022 Peter M.J. Stravinskas 14

June 21, 2022, will go down in American educational history as a banner-day for parental rights in education and for the full flowering of the free exercise of religion. On that date, the Supreme Court […]

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Ortega government orders dissolution of Missionaries of Charity in Nicaragua

June 29, 2022 Catholic News Agency 2

Missionaries of Charity / Credit: Willuconquer (CC BY-SA 3.0)

Denver Newsroom, Jun 29, 2022 / 17:00 pm (CNA).
The Nicaraguan Ministry of the Interior has ordered the closure of 101 nongovernmental organizations, including the Missionaries of Ch… […]

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